Artists gather to plan this year's benches

10:37 PM,
May 12, 2013

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Written by

Luke Voelz
| Iowa City Press-Citizen

Artists for the second chapter of BenchMarks 2.0 workshops have turned to language, text and symbols for inspiration.

About 15 local artists gathered Sunday at ps · z at 120 N. Dubuque St., the collaborative workspace of Iowa City nonprofit arts organization Public Space ONE. Each drafted designs and engaged in group brainstorming for the Language Games workshop, which aimed to develop the text-and-symbol-based art that will soon appear on public benches throughout Iowa City.

The BenchMarks 2.0 project will paint about 30 new benches and replace the art painted on 76 downtown and ...